Launched by Chinae of @getfitbrooklyn, One Perfect Week is a whole life, health-focused challenge. Participants commit to living “perfectly” for seven straight days, typically pledging 8 hours of sleep each night, 80+ oz of water each day, no missed workouts (six scheduled workouts and one rest day), no alcohol, and no “cheats” or meals that are off-plan. They use Instagram to check in, support each other, and track progress. It’s become a movement, and a tribe of fit-minded women are gearing up to start their One Perfect Week journeys today.

I really love the concept of OPW. It isn’t selling or promoting anything, isn’t crazy restrictive, the goals are nowhere near impossible, and the crowd-sourced motivation is genius. The timeframe is perfect too, since a week is long enough to make a habit stick, but short enough that it isn’t daunting. Really, it’s about making an effort. Committing to something–just for a week!–that requires you to put in work to live in a way that makes you feel good: strong, accomplished, productive, proud, and healthy.

While having the built-in support of a digital challenge group is awesome, you can use the framework of the challenge any time, for just about any goal, pursuit, or ambition. {Think: one perfect week of gratitude journaling, one perfect week of studying, one perfect week of meal prep and at-home eating, one perfect week of positive thinking, whatever.} In that spirit, I’ve decided to participate in this round of One Perfect Week, but not in the traditional/health-and-fitness minded sense. Instead, I’ve decided on some personal development targets that I want to hit for the next seven days that feel like ideal pursuits for me. These are a few things that I’d be doing as my best, most balanced, most successful self, each and every day.

Running a minimum of one mile.

Listening to personal development and business podcasts.

Posting a photo to Instagram.

Spending a minimum of one hour reading an actual book.

Posting new content on the blog.

Are there other things that I’d be doing daily in a truly perfect world? Of course! But these are the benchmarks that I’m committing to hit from now until next Sunday. I did three of these before 10am. Just like with the original #oneperfectweek crew, hitting my daily goals is really not that difficult…it just takes effort. Effort and intention.That’s what this week is about. Feel free to join.

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